10/6/2016

Who Am I?

  • Technologist with Domain Expertise in Production Management
  • Active Member of the Project Management Institute NYC Chapter
  • Provide Pro Bono IT Work for Nonprofits

The Question

How can budding nonprofit organizations attain government based sponsorship / funding?

Purpose of Analysis is to Identify

  • Who are the Top Five Federal Agencies by Investment Dollars?
  • What types of Investments are Made?
  • Which Organizations Receive the Bulk of Investment Dollars?

US GOV STEM Survey

A Visual View of Word Frequency Count

Total Investment Dollars

Percent change from:

  • 2008 to 2009 was 19.94%
  • 2009 to 2010 was 2.11%

STEM Investments Made by US Federal Agencies

Investments by Dollars

Investment Distribution and Outliers

Top 5 Invesments Between 2008 - 2010

Top 5 Investments

Conclusion

STEM Workforce Development - Alternateive Options

Follow Ups

  • Link the organization names to websites providing contact info, etc
  • Engage US GOV representation for Survey project to determine if data from 2011 to current date is attainable
  • Investigate NSF data set used by alltuition.com
  • Map STEM investments to STEM related job openings in NYC
  • Use word cloud to identify common words in survey